In a brand new interview with Paper journal, Kesha spoke with Bob the Drag Queen about her upcoming album, PERIOD, and the way she’s hoping she will switch the liberty she’s felt in making it to her followers, throughout a time she says is so terrifying for thus many.

“It looks like the rights to at least one’s self-expression and their voice should not be legally allowed to be taken away. However in my case, that is what occurred to me for 20 years,” Kesha mentioned, seemingly referencing her authorized battle with producer Dr. Luke.

Kesha and the music producer settled the long-standing authorized battle in June 2023. The back-and-forth stemmed from her 2014 accusations of rape and abuse in opposition to Dr. Luke — which he denied — with the phrases of the settlement remaining undisclosed.

“The liberty I am attempting to get again day by day is being okay with the place I’m in my journey,” she mentioned forward of the album’s launch, aptly dropping on July 4, Independence Day. “Such as you mentioned, freedom just isn’t a vacation spot. The need for freedom is ongoing and the liberty to actually embody oneself totally on a world stage takes a lot braveness. I am actually attempting to interrupt by means of this judgment piece to search out true freedom to have the ability to play and have enjoyable. It’s a political act.”

Along with her single, “YIPPEE-KI-YAY,” Kesha wished to share what that freedom appears like, as she regained the rights not solely to make new music, however to be joyous, and full of affection once more, after not with the ability to for thus lengthy.

“I wished to actually seize in tune what it appears like for a girl to regain the rights again to the factor that’s her reward to the world,” Kesha mentioned of the monitor. “I wished to seize that whole journey of therapeutic, freedom, reclaiming my pleasure, falling in love with myself as I’m, and I need to give that reward to the world… I actually wished to seize reclaiming my freedom. I wished to seize that in tune and I need to give that as a present to the world, as a result of all people’s going by means of one thing. It won’t be the identical one thing, however all people’s going by means of one thing or has been by means of one thing. And for me particularly, after what I have been by means of, I need individuals to see that my pleasure remains to be my proper.”

And pleasure is a proper Kesha thinks her followers ought to be afforded as effectively, particularly these focused by Trump and his administration.

“After I take a look at the present administration, I’ve by no means seen a much less embodied group of people waving round their chainsaws. It is terrifying,” Kesha mentioned, referencing Elon Musk’s CPAC stunt. “Within the midst of all this chaos, probably the most political factor we may do is love ourselves and love each other and create an area the place we will come collectively and unfold as a lot love as attainable.”

“My mission with this album is to create a protected area for individuals to really feel totally embodied and liberated. That is what this album stands for, that is what I am going by means of personally,” she continued.

“This summer time, I am occurring tour. If you wish to discover your neighborhood and discover a protected area so that you can totally embody precisely who you might be and be celebrated, I invite you to come back be part of us. I want to begin a revolution of affection. I need to create a touring summer time of affection, a neighborhood of affection. I need to give all of us a spot to come back and be ourselves.”

On Thursday, Kesha introduced she’ll be touring with Scissor Sisters and Slayyyter this summer time, kicking off July 1 in Utah. Presale beings April 8, earlier than the final sale on April 10.